DURHAM, N.H. – Juniors Matt O’Connor (Rhinebeck, N.Y.), Patrick Casey (So. Yarmouth, Mass.) and David Dreyer (LeRoy, N.Y.), as well as the 4x100-meter relay team, all won events to lead the University of New Hampshire men’s outdoor track & field team at Saturday’s Wildcat Invitational I at Reggie F. Atkins Track.

O’Connor raced to a first-place finish in the 1,500-meters in a time of three minutes, 56.37 seconds. Senior Jordan Horwitz (Evanston, Ill.) placed second in a time of 3:58.17, while sophomore Wesley Dinnan (Juneau, Alaska) and junior Brent Powers (Remsden, N.Y.) finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Dinnan finished in 4:00.86, while Powers crossed the finish line at 4:01.81.

Patrick placed first in the high jump with a leap of 2.04 meters. Senior Daniel O’Hara (Needham, Mass.) was fourth with a jump of 1.78 meters.

Dreyer grabbed first in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.50 meters.

The Wildcats took up the top two spots in the 4x100, with their ‘A’ team finishing in 42.78 seconds and their ‘B’ team finishing in 44.30 seconds. The ‘Cats finished second in the 4x400 in a time of 3:30.16.

Sophomore Tyrone Stewart (Exeter, N.H.) notched a pair of second-place finishes. Stewart produced leaps of 6.39 meters in the long jump and 12.68 meters in the triple jump. Freshmen Mike Simon and Benjamin Casey (Merrimack, N.H.) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the long jump with distances of 6.17 and 6.05 meters.

Sophomore Will Brehm (Pembroke, N.H.) was second in the 100-meters, finishing in 11.02 seconds. Freshman Wesley Cotnoir (Auburn, N.H.) and junior Spencer Shaw (Hampton, N.H.) finished sixth and seventh, respectively in times of 11.45 and 11.55 seconds. Brehm was also fifth in the 200-meters in a time of 22.49 seconds. Senior Travis Parker (Fairfax, Va.) placed sixth in 22.52 seconds.

Junior Trevor Messineo (Concord, N.H.) and sophomore Chris Morgan placed second and third, respectively, in the javelin with distances of 51.15 and 50.39 meters.